It's been a long time since I watched a TV series, and I accidentally found out about this drama, and I also took the attitude of watching it casually. Especially when I first started searching on the Internet, I saw an article that said: cheating and playing to a new height. As a result, when I first started watching certain clips, I often couldn't help but burst into laughter. For example, when Hemant's sister told him that Astha and Peeplika secretly called at night, Hemant disapproved and carried a lunch box to work. That cute little lunch box It's actually green; another example, not long ago, Astha was still confessing to Aijaz, and fell in love with Peeplika a few months later; especially when Astha went to Peeplika's house under heavy rain, Peeplika let the man go, and when he teased Astha in various ways, he couldn't help but sigh Peeplika is indeed a natural beauty, and she can grab it if she wants to, no matter if she is male or female.
It really confirms the evaluation of "derailment to a new height". Until, I finally found all the resources and read it from beginning to end.
first encounter
It can be said that the two fell in love at first sight. Meeting in the theater is not, at most, it can only be regarded as a fleeting glance of strangers. The real meeting starts from the gallery. Astha entered the gallery and walked slowly forward as she browsed. The picture the director took here is very beautiful. Peeplika walked gently with Astha a few meters away until Astha stopped in front of a painting. I like Peeplika here very much, dressed in formal clothes, delicate makeup, without the usual edges and sharpness, soft-spoken, a kind of classical beauty refreshing. When I heard Astha say to himself: I can see myself in this painting, Peeplika sincerely thanked Astha and called it the highest compliment.
Look at this painting that resonates with Astha's soul: a woman with hair draped in her face, but with no features. In fact, I feel that by understanding the painting, I can understand Peeplika, and I understand Astha, and everything that happens next.
Astha fell in love with Aijaz for the same reason that Peeplika fell in love with Aijaz: freedom. It is not the identity and identity that society gives you, but the true self. Peeplika was rebellious since she was a child, and because of her rebelliousness, she suffered from her mother's accusations and intolerance. Who doesn't want to gain the unconditional attention and appreciation of others? Peeplika is lucky to find Aijaz in a country like India. When Astha said she experienced freedom for the first time in Aijaz, did Peeplika experience it in Aijaz? Therefore, Peeplika finally broke the defense and cried for the first time after Aijaz's death. Before, she had relied on alcohol and superficial looseness to numb herself. So she cried and said to Astha: You saved me.
And Astha said the same: You saved me. This sentence is the grievance and release of the soul of freedom being touched again.
In this meeting, in fact, the two have shown their truest and most vulnerable sides to each other. What happened next was just like that.
two heartbeats
If the first meeting was sadness and the soul's confession, the second meeting was a comedy-like joy and the ubiquitous spring waves. It's a classic textbook for flirting.
Sexy body, reciting poetry, the cramped feeling of squeezing the girl into the corner intentionally or unintentionally, complimenting the beautiful clothes, like the smell of the girl, I can hear Astha's heart beating through the screen. Who can resist such Peeplika.
The acting skills of the two actors are really good. Ridhi can still be so shy and nervous in his thirties without disobeying.
Three Loves
The marriage of Timisi and Mudassar is a very difficult and difficult thing. After all, the combination of different castes and different beliefs in India has never been a blessing. However, it was gently resolved by Peeplika, just because the name of a bathroom boss was mentioned. Businessmen value profits, and it is relatively realistic. Hemant knows in his heart that the children are married, but he has to express his anger in every aspect. Since he can take advantage of the opportunity, why not push the boat with the flow.
Astha went to deliver the bill, which coincided with Peeplika missing Aijaz, who said that Astha was not brave:
Well, I admit, I burst out laughing again when I saw this:
Astha was stunned by himself, took the initiative to seek love that night, and tried his best to clean himself up in front of Peeplika the next day. I noticed that although Peeplika is enthusiastic, free and open-minded, she will be very excited when others touch the point that she cares about. For example, when Astha said that Peeplika took the initiative under fear, when she said that Peeplika was Frustrated Widow.
In the end, Peeplika won Astha for returning the necklace. Who said Astha was not brave, the second time, she still took the initiative:
Get along with four
Astha took the initiative to find Peeplika's mother, Peeplika decided not to see her again. When Astha was borrowing to repair the pressure cooker, she risked her life to go to Peeplika, and at the same time lied to her family to volunteer with Peeplika. Once again, I sighed how violently the small universe on Astha exploded. However, the time together is always too short, and as a mother and the family's nanny, Astha is always obsessed with various things. The most disturbing one was when Peeplika decided to tell Astha all about her past, but Astha didn't come, albeit to persuade Mudassa. One can imagine how sad and lonely Peeplika was that night. The next day her lover finally came, and the first sentence she was told was that she did it with her husband last night. Although the surface is calm, the heart has already been turned upside down. Anyone who has experienced love knows how much pain and tearing it means. Although the short-lived love temporarily erased the pain, the lover still didn't have time to accompany him to rush away. Finally plucking up the courage and deciding to tell Astha about her past without reservation but Astha didn't even have time to listen, a proud Peeplika finally broke out on her lover's wedding anniversary. She kisses Astha and deliberately lets babbo see it. The director did a very good job in the details. Peeplika's hairstyle and clothes that night were high-profile and flamboyant.
Five Elopements
Peeplika's strategy worked, Hemant knew, he chose to tolerate, but when he tolerated, he couldn't help but hurt people. It also prompted Astha to make up her mind to go to Paris. But in the end, because Babbo told the truth and couldn't bear to be manipulated by others again, he gave up, and Peeplika left alone.
When I was younger, it must have been very sad to see such an ending, why can't people who love each other be together. Now, as I get older and go through the world, I slowly understand everyone in the show.
To evaluate a person, one cannot leave the social background at that time. The background of the story is India in the 1980s and 1990s. In a male-dominated society, women are just vassals of men. When a woman gets married, she needs to give the man a dowry. The amount of the dowry also determines the future family status of the woman in the man's family. If there is no dowry for the daughter, the daughter will not be able to marry for life. This is the deep-seated reason why Astha could only watch the necklace his father gave to him being given to others, but he couldn't bear to say it. During the quarrel, Hemant said, "Your mother gave her all to marry me".
Let's talk about Hemant first. In fact, from the perspective of the Indian society, he is really good. Tall, handsome, very smart in business, relying on his own efforts to make his family material well; he is very family-friendly, and he loves Astha very much in his heart. After marriage, Astha agreed to continue to work outside, although he did not think so. He will come to school to pick up Astha during the riot, and he will also invite his mother-in-law to come and hold the wedding anniversary in order to save his wife. After confirming that his wife has cheated, he can calmly handle it in his own way. He did not hesitate to go to his rival's house to pick up his wife, even if it was a time when religious conflict might be in danger at any time. Of course, he also has countless criticisms, such as cheating on business trips, not doing housework at home, and in order to save money to buy cheap clothes for his wife, he will feel aggrieved when he washes a lunch box. However, considering the social background at the time, it was impossible to ask too much of him.
For Astha, I can feel her suffocation, the whole family's babysitter, wife, mom, and even husband and wife affairs have become routine. Every time her husband went abroad, she would go to check in silently but never said a word; her husband was very boring, he only showed off his wife's cooking skills to his friends, but he never respected and appreciated himself from the bottom of his heart. Astha is highly educated and a teacher of the history of English literature. He is familiar with the works of Shakespeare and all British romantic poets. He often thinks about the question of "To be or not to be". The wildness and enthusiasm in his soul are bound by the Under the seemingly dignified appearance, she is obviously something that Hemant, who is only obsessed with chasing TV dramas and toilet seat business, cannot understand and appreciate her. Until she met Aijaz, she quickly fell in love with Aijaz and Peeplika, because her soul had been imprisoned for too long and she was too eager to be noticed and caressed. The caterpillar turned into a butterfly, Astha looked radiant, her thick and sexy hair no longer curled up, no more moles on her eyebrows, and even the color of her clothes became lighter.
Compared to Astha's white paper experience, Peeplika has experienced too much. She "pays more attention to the process rather than the result". She loves it when she loves it, and hates it when she hates it. Even if she is disliked by her mother again, because of her wealthy family, she can still study in the United States. Meeting a man like Aijaz who can understand her again, although I have traveled a long way in my heart, compared to Astha, I am indeed very lucky. Of course, as I said earlier, Peeplika has a variety of styles, and she is full of charm in her gestures. No matter whether it is a man or a woman, as long as she likes it, she can come and go. However, she can choose to live in Aijaz's place, which further proves that Aijaz's fatal attraction to Astha did not come out of thin air, and also understands why Astha quickly fell in love with Peeplika. Because essentially, Peeplika and Aijaz are one kind of people.
One of the more frequently mentioned words in the play is Boundary. Boundary is everywhere, we are born with too many social roles. Children, parents, wives, husbands, leaders, subordinates, etc., put people in an invisible net. Most people enjoy this network very much. This is also the structure of human society. Civilization and progress always occur and evolve on the basis of predecessors. However, for individuals, the daily life is always the same, and the things to be done every day are fully arranged. Occasionally, they will be happy. . There is a more interesting place in the play. Astha asked what Peeplika meant, Peeplika answered ants, and Astha laughed and gave the ants to the ants. And ants are the species with the clearest division of labor in nature. I wonder if the director did it on purpose.
Being trapped in the Internet without knowing it, is actually a very happy thing. Not thinking and unwilling to think is precisely the reason why many people feel happy. Everyone is doing what they think is right. Astha's mother thinks that she is rich in material things and that she will be happy if she has a husband and children; Hemant's mother thinks it is important that the pressure cooker is broken and the whole family cannot eat; Hemant thinks that she does not drink too much and does not bring women home He is very exemplary; the most interesting is Babbo, because he lived in the United States and experienced the free world, he would secretly drink alcohol and secretly eat meat, but he would acquiesce that Astha should abide by the tradition and serve the whole family.
It is often those who want to escape but cannot. I never thought about escaping, even if I occasionally thought about it, I finally gave up for various reasons. There is no reason for it, Boundary's bondage to people is deeply rooted, and a person's present is shaped by the past. Have you ever thought that the taste of your hometown is the best thing to eat, even if the years of living abroad far exceed the time at home. I used to tirelessly search for the taste in my memory every time I went home. Although I couldn't get it every time, it didn't affect the desire to continue to search next time.
Babbo told Astha the truth, Astha gave up walking with Peeplika, on the surface that she didn't want to be manipulated to start a new relationship, which is what Astha tried to convince herself: You took away my power to make decisions. And I think the real reason is that Astha got cold feet. To put it simply, it is cowardice. Note that cowardice here is not a derogatory term. Unlike Peeplika's unrestrained nature, Astha cares about too many things, and the most fatal thing is her children, which people without children may never understand. The thought that he would be criticized by thousands of people after he left, and that the children might never be happy in this atmosphere, and would never recognize themselves again, was enough to make Astha give up. Even the seemingly dashing Peeplika tried to get her family to accept her lover after being with Aijaz. Why didn't she "get used to being alone" after going through a lot of troubles. Who, is born strong, born hero?
When the two broke up, Peeplika mostly spoke in English, and this arrangement was also very clever, so that people who only knew English could hear the original text to the greatest extent possible.
Would they be happy if they actually went to Paris? Most likely it won't. Astha would miss the children in her heart, thinking how the children couldn't lift their heads under the fingering around them, it was like a knife twisting in her heart. Who can be like the protagonist in Somerset Maugham's writings, once he leaves, he doesn't care about his family? She is not happy, and Peeplika will not be happy either. The two will often quarrel. Peeplika is a caring lover when she is sweet, and she will ignore it when she gets angry. Don't underestimate Astha. He has sharp words in several outbreaks in the play, and he will throw everything out. How far can they go.
So, I think this ending is really good. Relationships are tough, Love is tough.
Back to Peeplika's question, once the caterpillar has turned into a butterfly, will it ever return to that cocoon? Unfortunately, I think: yes. Although not reconciled, although not happy, but the person who can break the boundary can only be himself.
However, life is already very bleak. As an audience, watching dramas should not be so heavy. Very much looking forward to the second season, and I firmly believe that there will be a second season. There are still many easter eggs waiting to be opened in the first season: for example, according to Peeplika's mother, the stepfather was imprisoned because of Peeplika, but the stepfather does not seem to resent Peeplika at all, he will be very happy to receive gifts, and there are many hanging on the wall. small painting.
However, I don't care that much whether the two are together or not in the second season. After all, there is only one end in life, and it would be good to be able to take a different path.
Extra:
1. Why do I think Peeplika is played by Phoebe in Friends?
2. Monica was born in the United States. Unlike Ridhi's Indian accent in English, her American pronunciation is a plus in the plot and is very sexy. Even Hi can speak the swaying pose.
3. Lovers really need to be similar in size, and when Astha takes the initiative to kiss Peeplika, there is no ambiguity. Imagining how a little guy rushes to kiss the scene, I burst out laughing again.
4. It took a few days to finally detoxify, and I really have to go back to work.
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